Books

In a practice I can hardly fathom, the Turkish government has been giving 155 million new textbooks each year to students, most of which are thrown into the trash at the end of the year rather than simply requiring they return them for use by next year’s crop of students.

Of course there’s not only an environmental cost to this enormous waste of resources, but an economic cost as well, with the books costing the Turkish public more than $800 million annually.
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An exhibition of work by fashion designers Viktor & Rolf is on show at the Barbican Art Gallery in London. (more…)

Shipping pallets become low-cost, low-impact housing materials for displaced people.

When it comes to water conservation, the shower beats the bath.

Eco-Libris reviews The Urban Homestead, a how-to book about city livin' sustainability.

A recent poll reminds us that carpooling can help make a difference.

TriplePundit shares tips on how to help push for cleaner, easier e-waste disposal.

Most Huggable is a regular round...

I love the intricacies of niche cultures such as cycle couriers, rockabillies, hobos and surfers. Surfers obviously the most main stream of that bunch but surf culture is still very rich and has obviously enriched the cultural world we inhabit. Despite this, very few books seem to have been able to cover the bases from films, talent, art, fashion and lifestyle the way that The Book Of Surfing, A Killer Guide does.

CHILDREN'S BOOK Planet Earth Gets Well, author Madeline Kaplan, illustrated by Taillefer Long

Clubgoers in London dance their way to a carbon-free world.

Founders of eco-fashion brand Stewart+Brown dish on their favorite green reads.

An Austrian artist presents an alternative to green roofs—artificial rooftop lakes.

San Francisco's My Farm helps make meeting local food needs easy.

Soaring gas prices have some folks doing strange things.

Most Huggable is a regular roundup of some of Hugg's top green news stories. Why not

Several blogs I read, have been writing about books and as I'm terrified on missing out on current blogging trends I thought I would have a mini show and tell. It should perhaps also be pointed out that I've gone a bit book nuts in the last few weeks.

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While there are books aplenty today about going green, greening your lifestyle and green for dummies, The Climate Diet is the first to offer you greening solutions in terms of a weight watchers diet. The book also shows how you can not only cut emissions but also save money by cutting out the excess in your life.

The Climate Diet: How You Can Cut Carbon, Cut Costs, And Save the Planet, by Jonathan Harrington, offers readers tips on how to reduce their carbon footprint in areas of their life, such as, heating, transportation, community and home. While it’s a good ‘how to go green’ book, it doesn’t necessa...

Being fans of the charming and witty Eco-Worrier Blog at The Times Online we naturally wanted to take a peak at the new book by the Eco-Worrier herself Anna Shepard. Recently published by Eden Project Books 'How Green Are My Wellies' sees Shepard translating her eco-agony aunt style blog, in which she doles out sensible and practical advice to the pon...

Ken Caldeira has graced our pages a number of times, and now graces Wired Magazine. We quoted him earlier saying "Many people argue that we need to prevent climate change. Others argue that we need to keep emitting greenhouse gases. Geoengineering schemes have been proposed as a cheap fix that could let us have our cake and eat it, too. But geoengineering schemes are not well understood. Our study shows that planet-sized geoengineering means planet-sized risks.”

According to Chris Mooney in Wired, he is analyzing those risks, and appears now to be confident that filling the stratosphere with sulfur dioxide might actually work in reflecting sunlight back into space...

In Medieval times, you couldn't trust the water and most people, including kids, drank beer for breakfast, lunch and dinner. After reading Elizabeth Royte's new book Bottlemania: How Water Went On Sale and Why We Bought It, one is tempted to take up the practice. One learns all the water that we drink, from bottle to tap and, yes, toilet, is fraught with compromise. Yes, the bottled water boom is all about hype and marketing (as is the bottle backlash) that there is much, much more floating around in the stuff.

Drink tap water? it can have contaminants, hormones, fertilizers, pesticides, arsenic, sodium and radon, let alon...

TalkGreen rounds up great, green children's books.

New standards for biodiesel blends could popularize its use.

A photography exhibit in London depicts a future rendering of the city—affected by global warming's rising sea tide.

TriplePundit encourages the creation of a solid carbon market.

Volkswagon announces the development of the Golf Twin Drive Concept, a plug-in hybrid diesel.

Most Huggable is a regular roundup of some of Hugg's t...

This is a little film to promote the new Chuck Palahniuk book, Snuff, pretty nuts!

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Milan 08: designer Jaime Hayon exhibited his Fantasy collection for Spanish porcelain brand Lladró, alongside shoes he designed for Camper and his new book Jaime Hayon Works, published by Die Gestalten Verlag. (more…)

We’ve teamed up with designer Jaime Hayon and publisher Die Gestalten Verlag to offer five signed copies of Hayon’s new book Jaime Hayon Works to Dezeen readers. (more…)

Over the last year there has been a relative rush of books on eco and ethical fashion published in the UK. We think this is an excellent indicator of the public’s awareness of how, what, where and whom produced the clothes in our closets. First was Tamsin Blanchard’s Green is the New Black, then Mathilda Lee’s Eco-Chic and most recently Kate Fletcher’s Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys and not forgetting Sa...

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They say that Jews are the People of the Book. If so, then every Jewish TreeHugger should consider aligning their religious values with the environment. Or is Judaism naturally environmentally friendly by default?

So asks Helen Jupiter, a writer and editor at the online magazine Jewcy. Last week, to honor Earth Day, she collected a fine sampling of Jewish-themed environmental literature, perfect for stocking your bookshelves.

She writes: “There are a lot of paths leading from Judaism to environmentalism and vice versa, and the following ten books offer gateways and guidance.

“Hopefully they’re printed on recycled paper,...

The Times commissioned artist Gyongy Laky to create sculptural titles for each section.

Every newspaper and magazine on the stands has a green issue right now, and they are getting to be a bit repetitive. The New York Times has taken a different approach, calling it a catalog and covering dozens of issues, some obscure and some mainstream . It kicks off with a wonderful article by Michael Pollan, who answers the question "Why Bother?" Our own Jasmin Chua a...

Since he began his career in 1936. Julius Shulman has been photographing the best in west coast architecture. Now, at age 97, he has produced Modernism Discovered, a big (think 29 pounds) and expensive (try 300 bucks, or for all the price-per-square-foot whiners, $10.34 per pound ) but is a wonder that is an absolute must for anyone interested in modern design.There are over 400 architectural projects in it, many of them forgotten gems.

Shulman's photographs concentrate on the connections between indoors and out: “The reason why this architecture photographs so beautifully is the environmental consideration exercised by the architects,” he says in

"I just got my copy of Nicholas DiGenova's new monograph in the mail. It is a fine thing--about 6' inches square, and somehow still so much more satisfying than 90% of the oversized coffee-table books lying around this place.